What is known about 12 ATK officials who were arrested along with a businessman

Periskopi

10 January 2024, 09:50(2 years ago)

The Constitutional Prosecutor in Pristina, in co-operation with the Kosovo Police, during yesterday's day took mass action. The target was dozens of Kosovo Tax Administration officials and several businessmen. The event, which began in the morning and continued until the afternoon, concerned suspicions of committing criminal acts [...]

The event, which started in the morning and continued until the afternoon hours, concerned suspicions about committing criminal acts “task fraud”, “false documents concerning tax” and “Avoiding taxation”.

Thirteen suspected persons -- twelve of them ATK officials, a business owner -- have been arrested in this major action.

As the prosecution reported, arrested AKT officials allegedly committed co-ordination “duty fraud”, so that suspects F.P., owner of three businesses in Prizren have been recognised as regular 23 extinguishable bills worth 18m euros, as if for the construction of a hotel that has only been built earlier, which the bills had been accepted by the defendants of the B.B.B. and B.B. (who are in search) of a business owner in Poveave, who are suspected of committing crimes together in criminal acts.

So, B.B., F.P. and B.B., allegedly by their actions have damaged Kosovo's budget of 2.8m euros.

“Persons with M.Z. initials, N.B., S.T., A.J., M.R., M.Z., M.B., G.J., A.P., V.C., A.R., ATK officials, suspected that in co-ordination they carried out the criminal work “duty”, by 419 The KPRK, as well as suspects F.P., the owner of three businesses in Prizren, has been recognized as regular 23 extinguishable bills worth 18m euros, as if for building a hotel that has only been built before, which bills were accepted by B.B. and B.B.B. (who are looking) owners of a business in Podujevo, suspected that criminal acts were carried out in the co-ordination <x> false documents related to the taxation <4> and <5>> Avoiding the tax” and as a result of these actions, ATK officials have recognised the right of lower VAT remunification in the amount of 2.8m euros for what there is also a Private Remander's Order for Rebundation Forced by the Kosovo Budget, but that this procedure has been suspended in recent moments due to the initialization of the criminal case against top defendants”, the prosecution's announcement said.

The State Prosecutor has issued a ruling on detaining suspects in the course of 48 hours.

During the search of objects controlled by the F.M. defendant, however, an amount of weapons, three long ones, three shorts, electronic devices, telephones, and other material evidence have been found.

The prosecution in co-ordination with police will continue with the investigative action company regarding the case.

Who is the arrested businessman?

The word is for businessman Feim Pula, originally from Prizren.

Pulaj also has events in Switzerland. After returning from Switzerland to Kosovo, it has opened a series of businesses with different activities -- from hotels to telecommunications.

He owns a hotel in Vermica, Prizren, but also owns another business dealing with the construction of residential facilities, mainly in Prizren municipality.

In 2020, Feim Pulaj seized 100 percent of the shares of the telecommunications company “Advan Tech”.

As he wrote in October 2021, Portal “Front Online”, along with shares, inherited a contract that business in question before he bought it had been linked to Kosovo Telecom.

It was a deal in which both sides agreed to offer joint cable services, internet and phone services for seven years.

The deal, signed on December 6th 2019, was never implemented by Telekom. Thus, in 2021 he had threatened Telekom with solutions to their dispute in Arbitrazh.